We have just launched the Schoolstrader January Prize Draw – win a week in June in a delightful two bedroomed stone gîte in South West France. Gîte du Portail has its own large garden with views over wonderful open countryside and spacious quality accommodation for up to four people. It is part of an estate of five properties and shares a swimming pool, games room, home cinema, summer kitchen, games field and boules pitch. Located in the Charente-Maritime, the hamlet of La Foye is surrounded by fields of sunflowers, vineyards and forests. It enjoys long hot summers and very mild winters, producing fine local wines and cognac. It enjoys the second highest number of sunshine hours in France. To enter the draw just Place One Ad Now on Schoolstrader. It must be a new ad. And if you “share” the Prize Draw on Facebook or “retweet” on Twitter – the Prize Draw is on both - we will give you one extra entry FREE. You may enter up to 10 times. Good luck!

The draw is open to any registered member of Schoolstrader who places one ad on www.schoolstrader.com between 18 January and 16 February 2018. Members will be entered automatically when they place a new ad successfully on the site in that period. Closing date midnight 16 Feb 2018 (extended from 6 Feb). A member may place as many ads as they like, although they may only enter the draw 10 times. One extra free entry will be allowed for any registered member of Schoolstrader that we are able to identify who either shares on Facebook or retweets on Twitter details of the prize draw. Ads must be for genuine items for sale or wanted. The winning ad will be subject to verification and if it is not genuine then a second draw will take place to select another winner. The prize is one week's rental at a time to be agreed in June 2018 in Gîte du Portail in France. The prize includes rental of accomodation only and does not include any extras or travel to the location in France. The general rules below also apply.

General Competition and Prize Draw Rules

These rules will be binding on a user of this website when entering (or when being entered into) any competition or prize draw ("competition" or "competitions") operated by Schoolstrader Limited (“Schoolstrader”, “we” or “us”).

In addition to these general rules, there are other specific terms and conditions that may also apply to a competition or prize draw. We will publish on this website or in communication with potential entrants any such specific rules as part of that competition or prize draw.

2. You must be resident in the UK to enter (or to be entered for) our competitions and be aged 16 or over. You will also need to have access to the Internet and to have registered at www.schoolstrader.com or a sub-site of www.schoolstrader.com or any other website operated by Schoolstrader Limited.

3. Employees and agents of Schoolstrader or any company associated with a specific competition and their families are not eligible to enter that competition.

4. Only one entry per person is permitted unless otherwise stated in the specific rules or terms and conditions of a particular competition. No purchase necessary. No third party or bulk entries.

5. If you or anyone else send us an email it is not proof that we have received your entry. We can accept no responsibility for entries that are lost, illegible, damaged or delayed.

6. The closing date will be specified in the relevant competition. This will be a UK time and date. If a time is not given, the closing time will be midnight on the relevant day. We reserve the right to change the closing date.

7. Winners will be picked at random from all the correct entries we receive for each competition.

8. Winners will be formally notified by email within 10 days of the closing date (or as soon as practicable thereafter), together with details of the prize.

9. The decision of Schoolstrader is final. No correspondence will be entered into.

10. No cash alternatives or alternative prizes are available. However, if the advertised prize is unavailable Schoolstrader reserves the right to offer an alternative prize of equal or greater value.

11. We will not be liable for any loss or damage suffered by any person not being able to take part in or taking part in a competition.

12. Competition winners may be announced on our website. They may also be requested to take part in or cooperate with additional publicity, upon reasonable notice.

13. No responsibility is accepted for inaccurate prize details supplied by any advertisers or sponsors.

14. Entrants may be disqualified from receiving any prize if they use, or someone entering them into a competition uses, a name or email address other than their own legal name or usual active email address.

15. We reserve the right to amend or supplement these rules at any time. Entrants are deemed to accept these rules by entering or by being entered for a competition.

16. We will keep your personal details for a reasonable time so that we can send you any prize that you may have won, for our accounting purposes and to verify compliance with these rules. For the purposes of sending prizes to winners, we may pass details of winners to any company associated with a specific competition (such as an advertiser or sponsor) or a service provider or agent.

17. We reserve the right in our absolute discretion to cancel a competition at any stage if circumstances arise outside of our control or for any other reasonable reason.

18. Any tax liability arising as a result of winning a prize will be the responsibility of the individual.

19. If prizes are not claimed within 7 days either after notification by email or after the closing date, or if after 7 days it has not been possible to contact the winner by email, a redraw may take place.

20. Prizes are not transferable, are not changeable and are not for resale.

21. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we accept no liability for any loss, damage or injury caused by, or to, a prize winner or, if relevant, their guests whilst taking or using a prize.

22. We are not responsible for any delay or cancellation of any element of a prize or for any inability of a prize winner or, if relevant, their guests, to take up a prize.

23. These rules are governed by the law of England and Wales.

24. These rules were updated on 3 August 2007, 14 August 2009, 6 October 2009, 2 March 2012, 1 May 2015, 26 June 2015, 24 July 2015, 25 Sept 2015, 5 Feb 2016